We reported on Google’s AI offensive under the “Gemini” banner, but soon after, it was the integrated image generator that made the headlines: It had apparently been steered too much in favor of diversity. What is generally a good idea makes no sense if, for example, you want a picture of the “founding fathers” of … Read more
RecurseChat brings AI chat to the Mac. Well-known alternatives are LM Studio and Jan, which are also available for Windows and Linux. They all offer an easier to understand user interface for self-installed language models.
NotesOllama is something for tech-savvy Mac users, but it shows what could be possible in the future. The tool integrates a locally installed chatbot directly into Apple Notes.
FastSDXL demonstrates how fast Stability AI’s SDXL image generator works.
Brave Leo AI is an AI assistant built right into the alternative Brave browser. It can summarize documents or answer questions about them. More details here. Now also available for Android.
TripoSR creates a 3D model from a single image. It is based on Stability AI and Tripo AI.
StealthGPT promises to modify AI-generated text in such a way that it cannot be recognized by AI detection tools. However, these tools’ effectiveness and reliability is highly controversial anyway.
Textify lets you change the text in images. It works with different fonts and can also change text that is displayed at an angle.
The research project EMO from China makes a photo (or a graphic or a painting like the Mona Lisa) talk and sing. The facial expressions are quite impressive, the lip movements not always. Unfortunately, there is no way to try EMO for yourself.
AI video generator Pika shows off its lip sync feature that makes people speak in AI videos. The voice is either pre-recorded or created from text using Elevenlabs’ AI. The feature is currently only available to paying “Pro” users. Read more on VentureBeat.